Carl Thomas

(feat. Carl Thomas)

Let me sit down
and tell you how this thing had really started
when i come around
you act like loving you is audit
so baby can you gimme just a little more (time)
cause I'm having problems trying to read your (mind)
i really dont know what do with you
*whats so into you
now Im through with you

can we
can we go
back
to where love is
can we
can we go
can we go back
to where love is

pretty memories
are coming back to me
but i remember
what you said to me
when you walked away the other days
what i remember most
trying to get past the things you said
holding onto all the love I thought we had
wishin' I could just replace
tryin' to erase all the pain so we ....

can we (can go back)
can we go back
to where love is (i wanna try but i cant find the words to say to you oh,oh)
can we go
can we go back
to where love is (to a place where love is)

Oooh oh oh
girl you know i can for see it
i wanna try but i cant deny needless (Carl-ooh oh oh Amerie- ooh oh oh)
better think of what you're saying
we can try cause i wont stop believin'!(yeah!)

(chorus)
carol can we go back Amerie I wanna go back carol to where love is amerie yeah yeah carol i wanna try but i cant find the words to say Amerie cuz you never say it right babe Amerie and Carl- to where love is- Is yeah yeah, amerie- yeah carl-whoa yeah yeah

Amerie and Carl-can we go can we go can we go back where(love is)

carl- ah
amerie- oh
carl-ah ah

Storming outside, rain
She keeps me home
Quiet conversation makes me warm
So

1 - Summer rain
Whispers me to sleep
And wakes me up again
Sometimes I swear I hear her call my name
To wash away the pain
My summer rain

In the middle of the night when I'm alone
I feel her kisses on me even when she's gone
Can't wait 'till she gets home

Repeat 1

I don't mind if it rains forever
Let it rain, rain, let it rain
I said I don't mind if it rains forever
Let it rain, rain, let it rain

2 So go ahead and make it rain
You bring the sunshine back again
So go ahead and make it rain
Your tender touches wash away my rain

Repeat 1
Repeat 1

Repeat 2
Repeat 2

Repeat 1 until fade

[Intro]
Ohhhh
(I like this right here...yeah)
(Carl Thomas)
Ohhhh
(Sounds so good..don't you agree?...yeah)
(The bad boy of Soul)
(Chicago's own..Carl Thomas)

This is oh so crazy
coz i love my baby
and i do anything that she wants to make her happy
It's the way she holds me
and the way she hugs me
got me rushing home
can hardly wait to have her near me
(And i can't seem to get her off of my mind)
Just like a diamond or some kind of precious treasure
'n it's never too much, coz i love her so much
coz you know that I'm the only one who's gonna treat you like a jewel

(What you want what you need tell me girl)
Know that it's guaranteed
(I'll give you...)
I'll give you what you like
from me to you..got to be..there for you
there for you baby girl
I'll give you anything

let me know (let me know)
if you can (if you can)
go with me (go with me)
to the land (to the land)
ecstasy (Ecstasy)
I'm your man (I'm your man)
this i know, understand
believe me girl
I got a plan
anyone you know i can
make you do the things you do
girl i give my love to you

(And i just can't seem to walk away no)
but just like a fortune or some thing no-one can measure
and it's never too much
coz i love her so much
coz you know that I'm the only one who's gonna love you like a jewel

(wont you tell me girl that it's guaranteed)
You know that it's guaranteed
baby
(I'll give you anything)
I'll give you anything
I'll give you what you like
from me to you..got to be..there for you
Gonna be there for you
(I'll give you anything)
I'll give you anything

(What you like)
what you like
(what you need)
what you need
(tell me girl)
tell me girl
(Y'know that it's guaranteed)
You know that it's guaranteed
(I'll give you anything)
I'll give you anything

(What you like)
(me to do)
me to do
(got to be)
got to be
(there for you)
there for you baby

(I'll give you anything)
I'll give you anything
(All for love)
yeah yeah
y'know i'll do anything
just to keep you baby
(All for you)
Don't you know i will do Anything
(Anything)
Just for you

(What you like)
what you like
(what you need)
what you need
(tell me girl)
tell me girl
(It's guaranteed)
You know that it's guaranteed
(I'll give you anything)
I'll give you anything

(What you like)
(me to do)
me to do
(got to be there for you)
coz I'm gonna be there for you

(I'll give you anything)
I'll give you anything
(What you like)
what you like
(what you need)
what you need
(tell me girl)
tell me girl
(It's guaranteed)
You know that it's guaranteed
(I'll give you anything)
I'll give you anything

[Fade Out]

Carl Thomas - My first Love

Ah...Just blazing

verse 1

Back in highschool,
I knew a girl like you,
She was heaven sent,
All the time we spend,
You kinda look like her,
I remember the way we were
Cause we were all in love,
I'm feeling you because...

Hook

You're 5.2,
Brown eyes,
I don't know what to say,
You make me feel that way,
It seems like I'm dreaming,
I can't believe myself,
I found somebody else

Chorus

You remind me of a girl that was my first love
I can't let you go
You're so sure like my first love

verse 2

Now I'm not letting go,
I think you need to know,
I'm not mad at you,
I've been through this before,
She got away somehow,
But that won't happen now,
No never again,
I finally found a friend...

Hook

You're 5.2,
Brown eyes,
I don't know what to say,
You make me feel that way,
It seems like I'm dreaming,
I can't believe myself
I found somebody else

Chorus

You remind me of a girl that was my first love
I can't let you go
You're so sure like my first love

bridge

I've been dreaming
Of someone like you
I had to pinch myself
Just to see if it's true
This is crazy
Just like deja-vu
I feel like I know you
This dream is so beautiful

chorus

You remind me of a girl that was my first love
I can't let you go
You're so sure like my first love
(repeat till fade)

Like my favorite scene
In the best movie
Like the air that I breathe
That's what she is to me
Like a song I just wrote
Or like coming home
When I've been gone too long
That's what she does to me

Ooohhhh...I wanna always have this feeling
Ooohhhh...Oohh your love is so amazing
Oohh Oohhh...Tell me, tell me, tell me baby
Tell me that you'll never go

She's the light the sun would bring
Everything that means anything to me
That's what she is
And she's so heavenly
She's how the world looks just
Someone who has never seen me
That's what she is

Like a lover's heart
When you first fall in love
Girl it means so much
When you're out of touch
It's like seeing you
For a moment or two
Girl the thought of you
Is what gets me through

Ooohhhh...I wanna always have this feeling
Ooohhhh...Oohh your love is so amazing
Oohh Oohhh...Tell me, tell me, tell me girl
Tell me that you'll never go

She's the light the sun would bring
Everything that means anything to me
That's what she is
And she's so heavenly
She's how the world looks just
Someone who has never seen me
That's what she is

What she is to me
I don't think that words can describe
Exactly how you make me feel inside
Never in my life have I been so in love
Oohhhh

She's the light the sun would bring
Everything that means anything to me
That's what she is
And she's so heavenly
She's how the world looks just
Someone who has never seen me
That's what she is

She's the light the sun would bring
Everything that means anything to me
That's what she is
And she's so heavenly
She's how the world looks just
Someone who has never seen me
That's what she is

So Good (x2)
Yeah,Yeah
Baby,Baby,Baby,Baby,Baby,Baby, Baby
You got it girl

Oooohh Ohhh Ohhh Ohhh

Verse ONE:
Ooohh For everytime he broke your precious heart
Did it with no regrets
Ooohh For everytime he started going off
And showed you no respect
Ooohh For everytime he used to scream on you
As if you were a child
Ooohh For everytime he didn't tell you the truth
One lie after a lie I'm gonna.....

Chorus:
Make it all
Make it all
Make it alright(Make it alright)
Make it all
Make it all(yeah)
Make it alright
Make it all
Make it all
Make it alright(Make it alright)
Make it all
Make it all
Make it alright

Verse TWO:
Ooohh Everytime he went and stayed out all night
And you left home alone
Ooohh For everytime you would have been alright
If he just picked up the phone
Ooohh For everytime you wanted to up and leave
But you didn't know quite how to
Ooohh Ooohh For everytime you wanted someone like me
To love and cherish you

Chorus:
Make it all
Make it all
Make it alright(Make it alright)
Make it all
Make it all
Make it alright(Make it alright)
Make it all
Make it all
Make it alright(I'll make it alright)
Make it all
Make it all
Make it alright(Treat you like a woman)
Make it all
Make it all
Make it alright
Make it all
Make it all
Make it alright
Make it all
Make it all
Make it alright

BRIDGE:
You don't have to look no further because I'm right before you
Believe things will be better cause I'm not going to hurt you
I'm just here to love you

Chorus: Repeat 5x

Adlibs:
I'm going make alright oohh yeah
Every night
Going to make it alright
Come to the table baby
With a little meal for you
Breakfast in bed so relax and lay your head
Come home to a clean house with your man
Come home with groceries and remedies
Make it alright

[voice over]
it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to indigo monday's tonight,
i'd like to take this time to introduce to you a great young man,
from chicago land,
so without any futher adue put your drinks down,
and give a warm round of applause for chicago lands own,
Mr. Carl Thomas, Carl Thomas ladies and gentlemen,

[verse 1]
oh yea, yea
said i got to get ready,
'Cos i want to be with you tonight,
see girl your my woman,
and you keep me so satisfied,
life is so special,
with this precious jewel by my side,
i feel that im ready to love you,

[chorus]
oh baby now ooo ooo,
i want to make love to you,
oh baby now ooo ooo ooo,
cos your my lover,
oh baby now ooo ooo,
i want to make love to you,
oh baby now ooo,
i want to love you,

[verse 2]
ive got my favourite record on,
compliments to Mr. Marvin Gaye,
i had to get rested,
cos i want to all the way,
life is so special,
with this precious jewel by my side,
i feel that im ready to love you,

[chorus x2]
oh baby now ooo ooo,
i want to make love to you,
oh baby now ooo ooo ooo,
cos your my lover,
oh baby now ooo ooo,
i want to make love to you,
oh baby now ooo,
i want to love you,

[bridge]
maybe we can do something you want,
we can do it right here with me,
tell me what you want to do,
its up to you,
and i know you got just what i want,
you got exactly what i need,
i want to love love you...

[chorus x2]
oh baby now ooo ooo,
i want to make love to you,
oh baby now ooo ooo ooo,
cos your my lover,
oh baby now ooo ooo,
i want to make love to you,
oh baby now ooo,
i want to love you,

I used to love to dream outloud,
stand in the middle of an open crowd
and everybody would see me,
but I was just a little project child
and I was just a dreamer
as I proceed to reach my teens,
responsibility was far it seemed
In my heart I really want to sing,
and I gave my heart to dreamin.

When I see you, I want to thank you,
Just let me shake your hand and tell you,
I appreciate you, just for this chance,
When I see you, I want to thank you,
Just let me shake your hand and tell you,
I appreciate you, just for this chance.

Now everybody knows my name,
my nights are famous but my days the same,
you may not know this but its real,
cus thats exactly how you make me feel,
Everyday I'm dreaming,
Oh, tell me what I can't do,
cus I can always find a way to prove ,
that you can always count on me,
even though I lay awake and dream,

When I see you, I want to thank you,
Just let me shake your hand and tell you,
I appreciate you, just for this chance,
When I see you, I want to thank you,
Just let me shake your hand and tell you,
I appreciate you, just for this chance.

I'm here because you've got me through,
made me understnad those things that I couldn't do,
and I'll show my love to make you see,
everything I had without you,
it should never be.

When I see you, I want to thank you,
Just let me shake your hand and tell you,
I appreciate you, just for this chance,
When I see you, I want to thank you,
Just let me shake your hand and tell you,
I appreciate you, just for this chance. (x2)

(1st verse)

More kisses babe, more hugs/
And I'm showing you more love/
And I'm sensitive to your fears/
Hope I'm answering your prayers/
(Bridge)
Oh Lord, guess I'm yours if you're sure/
And Lord, what else is there to ask for?

(Chorus 2X)

There's a promise on this mountain that I'm climbing just for you/
It's just something that people share/
Can't you feel love is in the air?
2X

(2nd verse)

More sacrifice, more truth/
I'll be more open with you/
And I promise girl, there's no way no one could ever take my faith
(Bridge)

(Chorus 4X)

I've grown with you/
Not a moment too soon/
'cause I'm waking up, reaching out, for a love brand new
(2X)

(Chorus 2X)

Sometimes, it's the only thing we can do to move on. I know it's hard but you got to do it. The one thing I really deserve to know. Why?

Guess you know/That I came back to tell you/You got to go/And I said I'm tired of these lies/Hit the door/Cause everything that I been finding/Is telling me that you're not really respecting me.


It's hard but this is what I gotta do/I never thought that I would say goodbye to you/I took all that I could, but now I'm through(but now I'm through)/So through with you(So through with you and all I wanna know girl is tell me)

Chorus 1x

Why, Why didn't I know/You confused me so/Maybe there was no one in love but me/How could this be/Not what I need/Cause there was no one else in love but me

It's personal/girl the way that you tried me/All I wanna know is/Did you think I would die/Oh, it hurt me so bad/But I got back up on my two feet/Just to stand my ground/Now it's coming back around

It's hard but this is what I gotta do(Gotta do)/I never thought that I would say goodbye to you(bye, bye, bye, bye)/I took all that I could, but now I'm through(but now I'm through)/So through with you(So through with you and all I wanna know baby)

Chorus 1x

Bridge

All the trust I had(Had)/Can't believe it's gone(Can't believe that it's gone)/Packing up your bags(Oh, packing your bags)/Leaving you alone(Leaving you alone)/Gonna find somebody new(Ohh)/Who treats me better than you(Better than you)/Appreciates what I do(Appreciates what I do for you,baby tell me)

Chorus 3x

Uh girl, I love you I love you
Place no one above you
Can't you see that you're the one for me
And I, don't think that I want to
Fill this life without you
You're the best love I've ever known
And it's all my own

She gives me love
like the warm sunshine
hanging over my shoulder
And she makes me smile
everytime I'm looking in her face
And everytime she leaves my world's
just a little bit colder
So baby with all that you've given to me
I'm making sure you're happy

Uh girl, can't wait until tonight
Cos pleasure is delight
With your warm body
By the fire place
Oh girl, want you to depend on
My love and my strong arms
Cos you know they feel so good
and natural
She gives me love...

She gives me love
like the warm sunshine
hanging over my shoulders
And she makes me smile
everytime I'm looking in her face
And everytime she leaves my world's
just a little bit colder
So baby with all that you've given to me
I'm making sure you're happy

I got a friend on you
I can depend
she lifts my heart
Whenever I need
I think I'll do almost anything
I believe you would accept my ring
Much more than a feeling
Girl you're my life

She gives me love
like the warm sunshine
hanging over my shoulders
And she makes me smile
everytime I'm looking in her face
And everytime she leaves my world's
just a little bit colder
So baby with all that you've given to me
I'm making sure you're happy

All my love (all my)yeah,
all my money(all my)all my time(my time)all our life(everyday til i'm old and grey)all my heart(all my,all my)all my mind. allthe time(all the time,yeah).all our lives(all of our lives).all my love(all my)all my money(cause I need you to share it with me).all my time(all my time is spent with you).all our lives(all of my life,all of our lives)you baby.all my heart.oh all my mind(said you go to my head,you stay on my mind).all the time(all the time,all the time).all our lives.everyday.

verse 1
I remember the day back when I first met you
I was not sure just on how to get you,
Now I see just how truly special you are to me
And your love is everything…..

Time & time when I sit and wonder
Just where you are and just how you feel
And I pray this love will always stay together
Oh….
So we can see yeah if this thing was
Meant to be

chorus
Because the last time I ever thought I see you again,
Was the last time I thought I touch your body again,
You come back to me after the things I did,
Get out my life and now your back again

verse 2
I just got the message that you called me,
You said that you'll be coming back around,
Maybe we can try to make things better,
Just work things out...

I know people go through many situations,
It's the ups & downs of love tribulations,
They say good things come to those with patience,
So let me wait because I thought this was the last time….

chorus

bridge
As we dance so closely on the floor
You pull me closer tell me so,
If you love me let me know…or let me go
Let me go

As we dance so closely on the floor
You pull me closer tell me so,
If you love me let me know…
If you love me let you know…
If you love me let me know…or let me go
Let me go, let me go

If you love me, its so good, if you love me.

Verse 1:
What's the reason you are so sad
I don't think that I have seen you frown like that
I thought that I made you smile
But I haven't seen you do that in a while
You say he called you
And he said he loves you still
In your eyes I see you miss him
Did you bring me in your life to help you deal

Hook:
Another night
Now I'm feeling down
Rebound
My heart can't help but frown
Rebound
There's enough to go around
Rebound

Verse 2:
You know I love you
You know I care
There is nothing I want more than to be there
The words I say come as a friend
'Cause it seems the world we share's about to end
Oh please be careful
Don't let your heart and mind stay at war
All the things That cause you pain
Well it seems they are all knocking at your door

Hook:
Another night
Now I'm feeling down
Rebound
My heart can't help but frown
Rebound
There's enough to go around
Rebound

Verse 3:
So I guess I'll go
Pick up the pieces where they fall
After all I have found
The choice that I have left is to rebound

Hook:
Another night
Now I'm feeling down
Rebound
My heart can't help but frown
Rebound
There's enough to go around
Rebound

Verse 1:


Talk to me baby,if you havin' issues
Don't be afraid to call me,
I'm never too far...from you,
When you need a friend for counseling,
I'll be there,through everything, so you don't have to worry

Chorus:
You don't have to cry about it, scream about it,
I'll be there to talk about it, and make it alright
You don't have to make a scene about it, don't pressure yourself
I'll be there to work it out for you

verse 2:
Baby keep your head up,
Your messing up your makeup, i won't let that...bring you down,
Cuz' there's so much more, in life and love to live for,
Tomorrow will be a better day,
The sun will...dry your tears away, and i'll be standing there

Chorus:
You don't have to cry about it, scream about it,
I'll be there to talk about it, and make it alright
You don't have to make a scene about it, don't pressure yourself
I'll be there to work it out for you

Oooh!(for you),for you there's no mountain high, or valley low(for you)yeah
There's nothing to replace this love (for you)
For you, i'll do almost anything (for you)
cuz' baby, your the one i want to wear my ring

Chorus:
you don't have to cry about it, scream about it,
i'll be there to talk about it, and make it alright
you don't have to make a scene about it, don't pressure yourself
i'll be there to work it out for you...

(for you, baby you know i wanna work it out for you, i can see it now, come on, i wanna work, i wanna work it out.. for you oooh oh!)

baby, baby, baby,...

Chorus repeats

Thanks for loving me
Thanks for caring so
I know that you care for me so
How could I forget about
How can I forget about, forget about

I want to give my all so thank you Lord
Thank you Lord, oh
Yeah yeah

I knew you when
I had a friend
Very deeply
Lovely within
But somehow we got loose
From what was oh so tight
Somewhere we went wrong
When we were oh so right

What's a man to do when he just can't take no more
What am I to do when my heart leads me to the door
Now we've tried and tried again
But now this is the end
Tell me what's the use of holding on
If we can't be friends

I'm emotional
And I can't let go
I am trying to hold on to you
Though it hurts me so
Gotta let you know
That the love we once shared now is through
Say goodbye to you

You seem to hurt me purposely
I didn't understand it
Oh girl, why me?
I had no choice
What was best for us
Was to terminate our love and be free

What's a man to do when he just can't take no more
What am I to do when my heart leads me to the door
Now we've tried and tried again
But now this is the end
Tell me what's the use of holding on
If we can't be friends

I'm emotional
And I can't let go
I am trying to hold on to you
Though it hurts me so
Gotta let you know
That the love we once shared now is through
Say goodbye to you

I'm emotional
And I can't let go
I am trying to hold on to you
Though it hurts me so
Gotta let you know
That the love we once shared now is through
Say goodbye to you

What's a man to do when he just can't take no more
What am I to do when my heart leads me to the door
Now we've tried and tried again
But now this is the end
Tell me what's the use of holding on
If we can't be friends

I'm emotional
And I can't let go
I am trying to hold on to you
Though it hurts me so
Gotta let you know
That the love we once shared now is through
Say goodbye to you

I'm emotional
And I can't let go
I am trying to hold on to you
Though it hurts me so
Gotta let you know
That the love we once shared now is through
Say goodbye to you

It was love at first sight
I know from the way she looked at me
Her eyes said it all
Long days and nights, we spent
Until she dropped the bomb on me
When she said that she
Was unhappily married with children

* And I wish I never met her at all
Even though I love her so
She got love from me
But she still belongs to someone else

It hurts so bad, for sure
Because she wants to be with me
But she cannot be with me
She chose to stay, at home
So they could be a family
For the children
But what about me?

*Repeat

Maybe in another life
Things could be the way we both desired
It's a catch-22
Either way it went
Someone had to lose

*Repeat

I wish I wish I never met her at all
I wouldn't hurt so much inside
Oh I wouldn't feel this pain
If I never met her at all, at all, at all
Wish I never, wish I never

Oh, oh, oh yeah
Oh, yeah yeah

Anything
I am anything
I'm the one that you're perceiving in your heart
Anything
I am anything
If you think of me I'll be right where you are
Anything
I am anything
I'm the distance love can go that you don't do
Anything
I am anything
If you reach for me then I'll reach right for you
Anything
I am anything
I'm the darkness in the ocean, the sea blue
Anything
I am anything

[Intro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah

Sometimes at night I can not sleep
I think of you with revering
But like an ancient melody
You're beautiful but melancholy
Girl if I could
Don't you know I would
Take the pain away from

My Valentine
Tell me why
Why you never smile

What can I do
To get through to you
My funny Valentine
I'd do anything just to see you smile

I know obsession is a sin
But I feel you underneath my skin
Are you the prize that I'll never win
Because you haunt me like a thousand violins

But I won't give up, no no
Until I earn your trust
Cuz you're a part of me
And it's my destiny to fly away with

My Valentine
Tell me why
Why you never smile

What can I do
To get through to you
Tell me you're

My Valentine
Tell me why
Why you never smile

What can I do
To get through to you
My funny Valentine
I'd do anything just to see you smile

Smile (To see)
Smile (Your smile)
Smile (Your touch, your smile)
To see (Your face) you smile (Your smile)
Smile (Your smile, your touch)
Smile (Your smile, your smile, your face)
Why won't you smile (Why won't)
Smile (You smile)
Smile (Why won't you smile)
I'll make you smile (Oh, why won't)
Smile (you smile)
Smile
Ooh

All alone by the phone
Waiting on you to call on a busy weekend
Tell me have I seen when I stayed around
Around the town waiting on you to tell me what to do
Cuz I'm happy being with you

Touching you, holding you
Is all I really wanna do
Day and night I just can't get enough
I want you more, and really need
For you to just believe in me
And I'll be giving you all of my love

It's just a wish on my mind
Hoping you'd have the time
When I wanna see you
For something to hold on to
If love is just a silly game
Then I'm a fool that sang for loving you
Still I feel you don't have nothing to prove

Touching you, holding you
Is all I really wanna do
Day and night I just can't get enough
I want you more, and really need
For you to just believe in me
And I'll be giving you all of my love

Maybe on tomorrow
I can show you years tomorrow
If you let me, baby we'll see
And we can get together
We can try to blend forever holding tightly
Then baby we can do what we want to

Touching you, holding you
Is all I really wanna do
Day and night I just can't get enough
I want you more, and really need
For you to just believe in me
And I'll be giving you all of my love

Touching you, holding you
Is all I really wanna do
Day and night I just can't get enough
I want you more, and really need
For you to just believe in me
And I'll be giving you all of my love

[Man]
It's like baby, when I look at you
You know what I'm sayin', it's like in the morning
The stars, you know what I'm saying
And everything I can do for that
You're like everything I ever wanted and dreamed in a woman
It's like and everytime when I look at you
You know that girl?

[Woman] Really?

[Man]
Yeah, it's like uh, you know the first time I saw you
You know what I'm saying, it's almost like
See what I'm saying?
It's like the heaven and the moon and stars
You look like the vision, you look like Venus to me
You know what I'm saying?
And make some, um, just trust me
I got you, you know what I'm saying?
Everybody see what I'm sayin', ok backup

[Phone rings]

Yo, her love for sale
I'll be right back, huh? Let me take this
Yeah, hello?

[Woman in background]
Lemme get the hell outta here

[Man] Yeah baby, whassup don?

[Woman in background]
'fore this nigga get back, too crazy

[Man]
I'll call ya right back, yeah

Yeah, like I was saying baby, I have to...
Baby?
Baby?

Woke up in the morning, you were not there
All I seen was an imprint of your head
In my pillow, weeping willow
Why'd I treat you so bad
I shoulda known one day that you'd be gone
You shoulda known one day that I'd be gone
You shoulda known one day that we'd be

Why did you have to be this way
Baby all you had to say
Was that you were sick and tired of the man I began to be
But you planned a great escape
Bright and early before I wake
We both knew we had to break
You coulda chose a better way

Woke up in the morning, you were not there
All I seen was an imprint of your head
In my pillow, weeping willow
Why'd I treat you so bad
I shoulda known one day that you'd be gone
You shoulda known one day that I'd be gone
You shoulda known one day that we'd be

It was cold the way you left
Still the pain is in my chest
Because in my heart I felt you shoulda came and talked to me
If you put away your pride
And look deep into my eyes
It woulda been to your surprise
That I got up to apologize
But you were gone

Woke up in the morning, you were not there
All I seen was an imprint of your head
In my pillow, weeping willow
Why'd I treat you so bad
I shoulda known one day that you'd be gone
You shoulda known one day that I'd be gone
You shoulda known one day that we'd be

Woke up in the morning, you were not there
All I seen was an imprint of your head
In my pillow, weeping willow
Why'd I treat you so bad
I shoulda known one day that you'd be gone
You shoulda known one day that I'd be gone
You shoulda known one day that we'd be

Oh I thought we had forever, now it's gone
It's time to carry on
I thought that you made me happy
But it's this thing that's come between us girl
At one time you were my world
Now it seems it's gone away, gone away

Woke up in the morning, you were not there
All I seen was an imprint of your head
In my pillow, weeping willow
Why'd I treat you so bad
I shoulda known one day that you'd be gone
You shoulda known one day that I'd be gone
You shoulda known one day that we'd be

[Intro]
Baby, there's something that I just wanna tell you
And, you know I never needed you more than I need you right now
And I swallow my pride and
I'm really ready to listen
Just come to me
Tell me I'm the one

Oh baby, come to me
Say you'll love me over
I really need to be
Your one and only lover
I can give you what you need
Say you'll love over
Oh can't you love me over again

Said I need to know
About the way you're feeling, baby
Cuz in my heart love just wants to grow, oh
So I'll move it slow
Because there's no real way of knowing
If you feel the same and want to show, show me

Oh baby, come to me
Say you'll love me over
I really need to be
Your one and only lover
I can give you what you need
Say you'll love over
Oh can't you love me over again

You're my baby girl
And nothing else could ever matter
When we love I just can't get enough
But if we move too fast
Then we regret the morning after
When will there be time enough for us, for us

Oh baby, come to me
Say you'll love me over
I really need to be
Your one and only lover
I can give you what you need
Say you'll love over
Oh can't you love me over again

You make me feel so brand new
I just wanna spend my time with you
And I'll never let someone so true
I just wanna love you over

Oh baby, come to me
Say you'll love me over
I really need to be
Your one and only lover
I can give you what you need
Say you'll love over
Oh can't you love me over again

I can remember the day I left you
Wasn't that long ago
I said some things I shouldn'ta said
And I'm sorry
But you know? Ever since that day
I've vowed to myself
To get you 'round again
Just listen

Sitting here wondering what went wrong
Why did you have to leave me
Cuz I don't really wanna go on
Because I'd rather plead and beg you to stay
Cuz I need you woman, every single day

It's a cold cold cold world
Living here without you in my life
Although I try to get along, but I can't
Cuz I need you to be here, why oh why

It's a cold cold cold world
Living here without you in my life
Although I try to get along, but I can't
Cuz I need you to be here, why oh why

Baby love could you tell me what's on your heart
Because I really wonder if we can make a brand new start
Cuz I'd rather die then live without your smile
Come on back home, baby
I been missing you for a while

It's a cold cold cold world
Living here without you in my life
Although I try to get along, but I can't
Cuz I need you to be here, why oh why

It's a cold cold cold world
Living here without you in my life
Although I try to get along, but I can't
Cuz I need you to be here, why oh why

It's a cold cold cold world
Living here without you in my life
Although I try to get along, but I can't
Cuz I need you to be here, why oh why

It's a cold cold cold world
Living here without you in my life
Although I try to get along, but I can't
Cuz I need you to be here, why oh why

Girl all the wealth I have really doesn't mean a thing
If I can't share it with you, baby
Don't think I'd survive
Well, I've had it all, lost it all
To have you girl, I'd throw it all away
Oh, baby I need you

It's a cold cold cold world
Living here without you in my life
Although I try to get along, but I can't
Cuz I need you to be here, why oh why

It's a cold cold cold world
Living here without you in my life
Although I try to get along, but I can't
Cuz I need you to be here, why oh why

It's a cold cold cold world
Living here without you in my life
Although I try to get along, but I can't
Cuz I need you to be here, why oh why

It's a cold cold cold world
Living here without you in my life
Although I try to get along, but I can't
Cuz I need you to be here, why oh why

But I'm sayin'
Here I am, say lying and praying
That I'm laying something hot
Cuz baby, it's cold outside
And even when it's not, it still is

Baby shorties ask me what the deal is
Not listenin' to they mom and them
Cuz they all know what they talkin' 'bout, like Willis
I say what shorty desire, be what real is
And when I first came to her
I was still wet behind the ears
So I was just the lame to her
I heard older cats lay claim to her
And say they speak game to her
But they never put a name to her

So I called her desire
Like so many street cars that I did for
For her promises, little brothers, there bids for
And little sisters sacrifice they head for
Even street-wise vets wind up dead for
See she will attempt to straight pimp you
You'll scream "Fuck the world"
But soon go them too

She proclaim that my esteem was way off the rack
I had style but it was the Caddy I lack
The gangsta white walls and the diamond in the back
I asked her was she white or black
She said neither one, or somewhere in between
Plus she was mean and had been seen
In places where cats got big faces
Has made some trade in freestyles for freebases

I knew that my best friend was meddling
But I continued peddling
But I got arrested before I got rich
Trying to make some scratch
Like trigger fingers that itch
She told me she call me an ambulance
If I ever called her a bitch

(I'm so glad)
Alright, I tried to be online
(Trouble don't last)
But the matrix had a major glitch
(Always)
She said my style could never switch
I was her nigger for life
(Always)
She said her peeps
Probably couldn't pronounce Malik Yusef
But they could pronounce us man and wife
(I'm so glad)
So the script I attempted to flip, flop
(Trouble don't last)
Flip floppin' to backwards, know
(Always)
In the backseats

I'm working hard
50 hours a week paying for the car
And the house we had built on the boulevard
And as soon as you get home you wanna start
With something negative
Besides phsyical harm, what do you give
And you make lots of noise for someone who sits
At home all day watching One Life To Live

You ain't right, no, no
I thought you loved me
You ain't right, no, no

We're suppose to be a team
At least you could do things like cook and clean
But I ask you what's up, you start looking mean
Smackin' your lips like you're still a teenager
And I'm sick of this, but I end up in this perdicament
I would rather go somewhere and pitch a tent
Then to stay here with you acting ignorant

You ain't right, no, no
I thought you loved me
You ain't right, no, no

You shouldn't take for granted my love
Cuz one day it could be gone
Taking the best of me and my love
I gave to you and you gave me none

You ain't right, no, no
I thought you loved me
You ain't right, no, no

Oh, lady would you lay
Lady would you lay
I'll rub them all around

Lady, lay your body
Let me rub the lonely
Places all away
Lady, lay your body
Let me rub the lonely
I wanna rub your loneliness away

Last night I think I fell in love with you
It was from a window watching you around my way
I was too shy to even call to you
So I wrote some words that made it easier to say
Lady would you lay

Lady, lay your body
Let me rub the lonely
Places all away
Lady, lay your body
Let me rub the lonely
I wanna rub your loneliness away

Visions of you around my bed
Nothing but roses when you rest your lovely head
And I'll put my everything in you
You know I'm the only one who knows just what to do
Lady

Lady, lay your body
Let me rub the lonely
Places all away
Lady, lay your body
Let me rub the lonely
I wanna rub your loneliness away

You've waited, oh so long for me to come your way
But now I'm here and sadness is gone away
Lay lady lay, lay
Won't you lay with me, oh oh
Whoa oh, lady would you lay

Lady, lay your body
Let me rub the lonely
Places all away
Lady, lay your body
Let me rub the lonely
I wanna rub your loneliness away

Lady, lay your body
Let me rub the lonely
Places all away
Lady, lay your body
Let me rub the lonely
I wanna rub your loneliness away

All away
Hey hey, I wanna rub them all away

You're a star
That's what you are
Something wonderful
I gotta let you know
You mean the world
Cuz you're my girl
Shine like a supastar
To me that's what you are

You must have been there waiting all the while
While I played the field just like an anxious child
Oh when I heard one day you would come to me
Now here we are, baby you set me free

You're a star
That's what you are
Something wonderful
I gotta let you know
You mean the world
Cuz you're my girl
Shine like a supastar
To me that's what you are

How sweet it's been since you've been loving me
First we were friends and now we're family
But what the future holds, just don't know
But I'll be OK, long as there's you to hold

You're a star
That's what you are
Something wonderful
I gotta let you know
You mean the world
Cuz you're my girl
Shine like a supastar
To me that's what you are

Happiness with you, can't ever believe it could be true
But now that you're my girl
You know you make me a better world
You know I never knew love like this before
The way you hug me, and love me
You know I like it all over, oh

You're a star
That's what you are
Something wonderful
I gotta let you know
You mean the world
Cuz you're my girl
Shine like a supastar
To me that's what you are

Storming outside, rain
She keeps me home
Quiet conversation makes me warm
So

Summer rain
Whispers me to sleep
And wakes me up again
Sometimes I swear I hear her call my name
You wash away the pain
My summer rain

In the middle of the night when I'm alone
I feel her kisses on me even when she's gone
Can't wait 'till she gets home

Summer rain
Whispers me to sleep
And wakes me up again
Sometimes I swear I hear her call my name
To wash away the pain
My summer rain

I don't mind if it rains forever
Rain, rain, let it rain
I said I don't mind if it rains forever
Rain, rain, let it rain

So go ahead and make it rain
You bring the sunshine back again
So go ahead and make it rain
Your tender touches wash away my rain

Summer rain
Whispers me to sleep
And wakes me up again
Sometimes I swear I hear her call my name
To wash away the pain
My summer rain

Summer rain
Whispers me to sleep
And wakes me up again
Sometimes I swear I hear her call my name
To wash away the pain
My summer rain

So go ahead and make it rain
You bring the sunshine back again
So go ahead and make it rain
Your tender touches wash away my rain

So go ahead and make it rain
You bring the sunshine back again
So go ahead and make it rain
Your tender touches wash away my rain

Summer rain
Whispers me to sleep
And wakes me up again
Sometimes I swear I hear her call my name
To wash away the pain
My summer rain

Hey now, hey now
You are so wonderful
And I would give anything

Hey now, hey now
I would do anything
To be in your arms
You are so wonderful, yeah
Hey now, hey now

Baby I was thinking we could spend a little time
But I hope you don't mind, hope you don't mind
Heaven must be missing an angel tonight
But I hope they don't mind, hope they don't mind

Baby I was thinking we could spend a little time
But I hope you don't mind, hope you don't mind
Heaven must be missing an angel tonight
But I hope they don't mind, hope they don't mind

Hey now, hey now
Say I'm the one that you're needing babe, need
Hey now, hey now
I think about you all day long

Hey now, my sweet baby
Do you feel the way I do
Hey now, sweet sweet baby
Do you oh do you do you do you

Hey now, my sweet baby
Do you feel the way I do
Hey now, sweet sweet baby
Don't you know love's waiting here

Baby the way I'm feelin'
Makes me wanna spend some time
Everytime I see you
It's hard to get you off my mind

Baby the way I'm feelin'
Makes me wanna spend some time
Everytime I see you
It's hard to get you off my mind

Baby the way I'm feelin'
Makes me wanna spend some time
Everytime I see you
It's hard to get you off my mind

Baby the way I'm feelin'
Makes me wanna spend some time
Everytime I see you
It's hard to get you off my mind

Baby I was thinking we could spend a little time
But I hope you don't mind, hope you don't mind
Heaven must be missing an angel tonight
But I hope they don't mind, hope they don't mind

Baby I was thinking we could spend a little time
But I hope you don't mind, hope you don't mind
Heaven must be missing an angel tonight
But I hope they don't mind, hope they don't mind

Baby I was thinking we could spend a little time
But I hope you don't mind, hope you don't mind
Heaven must be missing an angel tonight
But I hope they don't mind, hope they don't mind

Hey now, hey now oh

Baby, for every time that you felt love was taken for granted
And I didn't care
Well, these are just a few words
To let you know how I feel
Hey, yeah
(Let me be the first to let you know)

Oh, I had an awful dream
That you were needing someone else's love to take the place of mine
So I over came the distance
That challenged my persistence
I let my ego go and drowned my pride
And you ask why

You're such a special lady
Though I haven't told you lately
So let me be the first to let you know
Such a special lady
Though I haven't told you lately
So let me be the first to let you know

One more thing I need to say
Is that I need you every day
It's not the same 'till you come back to me
Girl I've loved you from conception
So if you follow my direction
I'll lead you where you always need to be
Right next to me, oh

You're such a special lady
Though I haven't told you lately
So let me be the first to let you know
Such a special lady
Though I haven't told you lately
So let me be the first to let you know

Let me be the first to let you know
I appreciate the things you do for me
When you're loving me at night
Let me be the first to let it show
I'd show the way to go
Cuz every waking move is oh so right

You're such a special lady
Though I haven't told you lately
So let me be the first to let you know
Such a special lady
Though I haven't told you lately
So let me be the first to let you know

Loon la lean aka young Marcus
Young, pretty and heartless
And my man CTzy
He make it seem to easy
And the general P D-I double D-why
See why we be fly

Now you can hum all you want to, cum all you want to
But I ain't Mase so run all you want to
Sit there act all dumb if you want to
Spend your whole life in the slums if you want to
I eat good, eat crumbs if you want to
And keep wastin' time with the bums if you want to
I got long though, you know how the song go
My name hold weight, far from a John Doe
It so strange how the game made my arm grow
Used to live in cell blocks, now I live in condos
And every morning I feel like Alonzo
Number one on the pop charts and your moms know
Every time I pull up, there's a car show
Young cats, stay lookin' like the head honcho
My escargot my car go one-sixty
The world's Fargo Parto
Me and Puff like the "Lone Ranger, Tonto"
Leave the club and we leave with a whole car load
And we got better ratings than a new gong show
But right now you got to let my arm go, see'mon ma

[Chorus:]
I know what you've been through
Sometimes love is so cruel
(Sometimes)
Oh, yes it is
(Oh, yes it is)
I know I ain't perfect, but I'll be there for you
(Gonna be there for you baby)
Oh yes I will (oh woo woo)

Uh, check it out
You choose to lose, only 'cause you confused
If you was with me, I'd probably go abuse them dude
But you runnin' 'round 'busin' shoes
'Stead of 22's that cruise
How you gon' abuse the rude
Girl you runnin' with some popular dude
Poppin' bottles of Voo
Now you seen me and you not in the mood
Girl he has you on the block with his dudes
Different watches to choose
Baby girl I think you got me confused
That's like a chair to a sofa
Ma tell her Oprah, seein' Russell in a pair of loafers
It's evident, that's irrelevant, you was elegant
Taught you proper etiquette, for the hell of it
It's like you feel me, but you not smellin' it
I try to talk but you stay on some yellin' shit
Then you complain about the things that Helen get
Leave me and get the same treatment a felon get

[Chorus:]

Uh, yo
Yo I'm the type when I come through
Mami I do what I want to
As far as you if I want you
Now I ain't come here to haunt you
So you can have a attitude if you want to
I'ma have you, reason why
All four seasons I'm fly
I'ma player, ain't no reason to lie
Ain't no reason for you breezin' on by
Without squeezin' a "hi"
'Cause I could tell by the gleam in your eye
You like cats with dough that fold up
22's when they roll up
Ma you need to slow up, hold up
Here's a proposition, on the real ma, he got to listen
I know he's loud, cause the top is missin'
But you could be in the Tropics fishin'
By the sea, mami poppin' Crisses
Though it seem kinda optimistic
I got green and a pot to piss in
Fuck with me, you got a lot to witness
'Cause I'ma have you

[Chorus:]
I know what you've been through
Sometimes love is so cruel
(Sometimes love)
Oh, yes it is
(Sometimes, oh yeah)
I know I ain't perfect, but I'll be there for you
(I ain't perfect, but I'll be there for you)
Oh yes I will (oh, yes I will)

Wa hoo, I know that love
Don't give you a fan sometimes
Sometimes what you gotta, what you gotta
You gotta reach down and play it with your poker face

[Chorus:]

Who you are
One nation under a thug
and bullet scar
Young nation no revolution
and no cause
One nation young black
and dangerous by far
Young nation just trying to
get this
Murderous mind state
can't keep my nine straight
Sippin' on this Hennessy
waitin' for the time to break
Show up and motherfuckers
bow down recognize
Westside Deathrow Outlaw Ridahz
Untouchable mob of
pistol packers
Well known felons
label for drug sellin'
merciless jackers
Forever buzzed
roll with thugs and dawgs
Commence to lettin' off rounds
then escape in a fog
Who wanna see me solo
Catch Makaveli while he sleepin'
My mini fourteen murderin'
niggaz while they creepin' uh
Duck or you ass out
drink till you pass out
Ain't scared to die
drunk drivin' in my glasshouse
Niggaz is under me
they bitches come to me
They heard the stories nigga
now they wanna really see
Bomb first my motto
it's fully guaranteed
Niggaz is playa haters
label them my enemies
I'm dumpin'
Who you are
One nation under a thug
and bullet scar
Young nation no revolution
and no cause
One nation young black
and dangerous by far
Young nation just trying to
get this
When it's on
I'm poppin' off
every chance I get
Out the window on some uptown
anthem shit
I'm stressin' but ain't
no pressure here
I been there before
Fugitive task force
at my girlfriend door
Now they checkin'
our my bedroom I ain't there
40 Cals extended clips still
I ain't scared
Outlaw and best believe
they won't take me alive
I'm different
and I'ma prove it
if it take me to die
Knew that God had a plan for me
But he won't be layin' up
in my casket to doing life
in the can for me
Maybe I'm breezy or
paranoid than a bitch
Me dyin' you think
I'd let them see the joy
from that shit
Walking dead angel
spend they last days by me
New Jersey giant
like Dave Tyree
Young George and Jonathan Jatt
your guns clap
Mine'll go brraaatt
soldier like Geronimo Pratt
And come through cockin'
the black pound
When they put twin towers up
Pac I'm knocking them back down
Poster child cheque
Air Force Ones
with the crooked dial checks
I'm supposed to wild sex
Money and murder
is all I breathe in my life
It's full of judges and chasin'
enemies in the night
Through the Henny
I see the eyes of the devil
G ridin' with extra boxes
of bullets to the nine
and the shell
Who you are
One nation under a thug
and bullet scar
Young nation no revolution
and no cause
One nation young black
and dangerous by far
Young nation just trying to
get this
I always thought
I'd have to die to do
a record with Pac
So I wrote from the perspective
of a graveyard box
You end up in a box
cuz them graverobbin' bastards
Dig your grave back up
snatched you out the casket
Worms in my eyes
eating through my cabbage
The flesh to the bones
the bones to the ashes
But I'm not dead
I'm actually in a session
With the 'Pac
keeping the shot money
progressive
They don't really want no drama
I know you're goons
That's why I keep pressure
on them like a open wound
This God given
he keep givin' me better music
So every time you hear me
my songs present improvement
Y'all can't kill me
y'all forever losin'
Songs are evolution
If I load your gun for you
And we bang it out
at some other niggaz
you better shoot it
Don't try to lie
and say you was bustin'
I'm clever stupid
Claimin' you reppin' Ruthless
you got the same bullets
that you had
When I loaded it for you
you never used it
The Nacirema dream get ready
for execution
Papoose Fatal and Pac
the revolution
Who you are
One nation under a thug
and bullet scar
Young nation no revolution
and no cause
One nation young black
and dangerous by far
Young nation just trying to
get this

Young nation just trying to
get this

Just trying to get this

Sometimes I think about dyin
Yeahhh-haaa
Unfortunately, I'm seein a lot of death in my life
Oahhhooooh
I seen a lot of friends die
I seen a lot of family members die
If, I, should, diiiiie tonight
When I think about dyin, I think about
Won't it be, alllll, before my time?
a sense of release
Just released from all the pressures
I know dyin, sugar yeah
and all the negativity
cause, I know you
I also think about, finally, gettin a chance to see
all the loves ones again
If, I, should, diiiiie tonight
that left before me
That'll be kinda fly
Won't, it be, alllll, before my ti-me
Walk through the gates, see my grandmother
See BIG, see God, heh
I know dyin, sugar yeah
Shit is crazy
Because I know you, know youuuu
I never been afraid to die
If I should, diiiiie tonight
But I know I don't wanna die
Not just yet anyway
Won't it be, alllll before, my time?
Feel like I got a lot more livin to do
I know dyin, sugar yeahhhhaeahhh
Lot of unfinished business
Cause I know, you, ohhhhh
KnowhatI'msayin?
If I, should die, tonight ba-by
We'll see
Won't it be far before my time?
I know dyin
What does it all mean?
Sugar yeah
Sugar yeah
What does it all mean?
Yeahhahahhhahhhhhahhh
*music fades*
I don't wanna die...

This is a story about two lives
ones from chicago and the other is from New York

[Twista]
Now nigga what you thinking of repentence
But I'm coming back with the vengence
Running like the essense it was intense bottom was the end
I bring these motherfuckers like sentence
What its been sin let me not go deep in the story
But douple up free when Im rapping got me going up in the zone
Then let my niggas and bitches dat heard a nigga and how it happened
Got thrown in it you remember I was crazy in the shoulder
When I praised to be holder hit a man
Like a crusier within a range with the rover
Instead of you feeling strange to a soldier
Me and puff dropped in the parking lot
I already found the key so lets crawl on the floor
But I decided to rob but we still tracked
I have found a shop I gotta bust that hoe who you gotta drive
I'ma let the M.O.L.L. ride blast when you crash through the exit
You still alive but our oppersition gotta die when it goes in the zone
To the next shit when the car speed stomp I blast my heat on
Guns cocked I'ma winshield thats us should of been killed
Kept shootin till I see his dirty face do a windmill
Startin cashin for mojin now we frozen aint nobody here holding
Been in th staples kind of golden now we doulging no niggas have roading
They started coming at us with high tec shit
Theres so much a mac can do but you know what we got to do
Dont get in the wind cause this is the end of chapter 2
they coming after you

Chorus
Living my life on the run, wit these niggas coming after me
Is this the way that it has to be
I cant tell these dreams from reality
Now I'm not afraid to die so it really doesn't matter to me
It just migh

[Puffy]
Sometimes I don't think you motherfuckers
Understand where I'm coming from
Where I'm tryin' to get to
Sometimes I hear voices
I can't see it, can you see it?
Turn the lights on
Check this out

Make money's the motto, staying desparados
New chance of hitting the lotto
Let's take it to the neck wit this bottle
Get in the Eldorado
And break from this bitch at full throttle
You like fuckin' fashion models?
That only waddle with cats that flash stacks
Or squabble with niggas that flash gats
Then squirt hot pellets out their nozzles
And leave a nigga hurting on the block
Sounding like when you gargle
Them hero niggas that plot
Them zero niggas get got
And never get a chance to bust shot
Curled up in a knot then forgot on the spot
Then I'm on the run wit a gun smoking hot
All around the world's where I go
Places that only I know
Goodfella not gunshotto
And I'm tellin' niggas, make money's the motto
Fuck the niggas that squable
And I hit them back and fourteen hollow, take that

* - [Carl Thomas]
I hear voices inside
And I see crime, don't die
And I need changes
Oh, please, please, please
Don't go Don't go

Above while:
[Puffy]
I'm just trying to get my money, right
Don't fuck wit my money
I won't fuck wit your money
If you fuck with my money
I make you like one of them presidents
Feel me?

Representing my money for the love of my money
I leave a man stiffer than the mummy
Now don't miss it, if I catch them coming for me
When I try to tell a dummy
You took it like I was saying something funny
Took it like my word wasn't shit, like I wasn't legit'
What occurs is gonna be hard to forget
That's something I'll never permit
When I feel my eye twitch things happen
And my voice start speaking a diffrent pitch
Trying to keep things low-low
They don't really know, though
Bad Boy the motherfuckin' logo
Stay on your toes
They shouldn't get it mistaken
Hope they don't think I'm faking
Mess around and get thier life taken and shaken
You know the rule of thumb be
Don't try to take nothing from me
I rule it wit a street stay slummy
Make money's the motto, fuck the niggas that squabble
I know I might be hard for you to swallow
Ya feel me?

Repeat 1 while:
[Puffy]
Sometimes I just feel like y'all don't understand
Where I'm coming from, where I'm trying to get to
Shit is really deep, my shit is deep

They don't have a direct understanding of me
Fuck what they planning for me
I just won't accept the bullshit that they handing me
Still standing after the trouble remains, it's me
If you trying to make it clear and explaining to me
And all that negative shit pertaining to me
What ya think I claiming to be
A straight heart staying with me
I can tell it's about to go down
I told them, slow down before I send the low down
And skip out of town
And I don't wanna but I'll do it if I gotta
The situation is serious and getting hotter
You know what they say about those that

(carl thomas)
Treats me the same
Treats you the same
Ohh, treats me the same
Treats you the same
Ohh, nobody
Ohh, nobody

(tash)
You know what? it's hella lonely at the top when you rich without a girl
It's me against the world, but that's how my world twirl
So let that shit spin cause i'ma play it to the end
Sometime you gotta make decisions: your woman or your friends?
My friends come first
My females is secondary
The last girl I had was this bad ass secretary
Her name was yvonne - that bitch thought she was the bomb
But I knew it wouldn't work, I never took her home to moms
You know havin a ball not givin my all
Holdin hands down the hall at the crenshaw mall
She used to look at me and saw no flaws at all
We was close - she walked around my house in her draws
But after all the good times you know comes the rain
I had to cut that bitch off for some shit I can't explain
I blamed it on her trip and she blamed it on my fame
I got cupid lookin stupid
But that's a part of the game

(carl thomas)
Ohh the game owes nothin to nobody
So I'm tellin you this from the start
If you find you've been decieved by another
Then you better just trust in your heart

(tash)


So all the ladies wave your hands if you down wit your man
I know them two kids you got wasn't part of the plan
What this world is a twist; if it ain't that it's this
I like the kinda girl that tatoo niggaz names on they wrist
Tash on your tit
That's the kinda girl I need
After work, feeds her seeds then smokes a little weed
Low key; that's how my girl gon' be
But I ain't found her yet and she ain't found me
So I'm lookin
For all the sexy hoes that ain't tooken
Carl put me down with this bad broad from brooklyn
But all I do is hit - no spark, no flame
I got cupid lookin stupid
But that's a part of the game

Chorus

(tash)
I know this love song I'm writin ain't flashin your excitement
But when you least expect it love will strike you like some lightning
That's why I'm here to warn ya
These girls in california, they'll take you to the cleaners
If you let 'em put it on ya (put what? )
You know the little wifey deluxe
That'll have your friends and family rentin a tux
That's why you gotta keep it p.i.
So even if your buck stop
You got the type of girl that'll walk you to the bus stop
True love-
That's kinda hard to find when you rhyme
I'm 27 now and it's 1999
But i'ma find mine; matter fact, what's yo name?
-trust in yo heart- but that's a part of the game

(Mase)
Let's get it on

(Carl Thomas)
1 - You made me
You made me
You made me the way I am today
You're the reason why
I live how I live
'cause you made me the way I am

(Huddy Comb)
First of all, I was the worst of all
The first born, took my first breath, it was on
And thanks to my moms, and some help from Nickie Bonds
I was raised in ways of a Don, they gas me like Exxon
Had me dealin' with ex cons, frontin' with they Rolex on
Get sexed on a regular basis, grown women puttin' they faces
In all the wrong places, molesting me, now you see why my destiny
Was f**ked up 'cause my recipe
But I blame my mother 'cause I can't blame no other
And that's how my game was discovered
My mom was a sucker, did that bullshit to my brother
But no matter what, I'mma love her
She gave me life, even though she got high undercover
If she die, I can't find me another
But look what you made me

Repeat 1

(Meeno)
Yeah, you made me this way, since the day I was born
When you slid on that crack shit, mom be strong
'Fore long, I realized the same old song
Another cat that done bounced on his kid and his spouse
At the beginning, I knew my pops just had to be kidding
He's coming back any day, he wouldn't leave us that way
But anyway, the time got longer, my anger got stronger
It's no time to wonder the money I hunger
Without a blunder, I vowed to be all I could be
Started running guns O.T., me and my code D.
Leave from the backstreets of A-T-L to N-Y-C
When the gunspot got hot, I switched to the D
When the D spot got hot, I went low key
Now that Harlem World spot hot, and I'm on TV
I don't need no fake calls from yo' ass at all
Just leave me the way you left me and watch me ball

Repeat 1

(Nas)
What, what, uh
You the reason
And I thank you, what
Check it out

Yo, yo, stormy night, September '73
Would you believe what my mom recieved from heaven was me?
Second from me, my younger brother desperate as me
We see the world alike, type of girls he likes, the girls I like
The shit that make him mad, it make me hype, bug like that
Share the same blood like that, grew up around thugs poppin' and shit
Cardboard boxes of shit, dirt bikes
But now we hoppin' whips and merc, right?
Money's my birthright, my righteous birth so I floss
It's up to you to look inside yourself, see what's yours
Consecutive times, New Year's Eve, light off nines in the skylines
Imaginary graves, poor the Henney on it
Share with my dogs who's here, 'cause there's so many gone
Yeah, Meeno, Ill Will, all my people
Big Stretch, we'll never forget, Allah keeps you
Until we meet again, through my pen y'all can speak through, uh

Repeat 1

Yo had me in the LQ
Yo shit was mad bumpin
Rappers on the mic was like settin off somethin
Now parties like this yo god
I like lougin observin everything inside my surrounding
Jasmine dancin wit this non-descrip sucka
Okay cool as long as the sucka don't touch her
Nigga
Get the urge and can't control his hand
Get a body bag cause "mauh" he's a dead man
She was coolin sportin my table
When the dance was done she like walked back to money's table
I sat there like shit I can't believe this
I wish you was there big fella so you could see this bitch
Sittin there boo legs wide open laughin gigglin smilin and jokin wit homes
Like they use to hang out real real tough
He musta had a strong rap cause Jasmine looked gased up
Sittin there played the role of a slouch
Just watchin to see how Jasmine played herself out
They sat there just talkin to each other
I thought this kid was alone he had five more brothas wit him
Wit out girl's night ain't this some shit
If she don't recognize the game they can kiss this shit
They introduced theyselves one at a time
Saw 'em say how you doin so Jasmine say "fine"
I was laughin but there was more in store
I saw her get up and start walkin towards the front door
I rolls too god and walked right behind em
So where ever they go it won't be hard to find em
I keep a guard you now I thought I better
Plus I keep the stash deep inside the 8 pound leather
Open doors vale was on the ready
At the end Jasmine is gonna wish she never met me
We're off two cars speedin deep in the night
I'm doin 30 on the straight away 60 on the turnpike
For Jasmine

(Chorus)
Know that i've got Jasmine on my mind
Ohhhhh
Playa freeze while I pull out my nine
Know that i've got Jasmine on my mind
Ohhhhh

(Verse Two)

Word up ain't nothin changed but the weather
Still chasin them suckas in the '86 Jetta
Thinkin different thoughts still not understandin
How 7 people got in that fuckin Volkswagen
Enough of that god yo back to the chase
Yo man you should've seen the ruckus look on my face
Slowin down cruisin on the cool out mode
Then parked in front of his house on Gunhill road
Man I started to get out
Grabbed the rope and try to hang her
Before I let this posse drop shots gang bang her
They went inside man but I kept goin
Parked across the street wit out them even knowin
Got out the car still schemin the house
Tip toed around the back quiet like a church mouse
If the neighbors looked out the window
They would surely get leerly and scream like "BAHANDO"
Police they would hold my fate
But they didn't so I creeped up the fire escape
I saw shadow's inside a bright lit room
Which appear to be two bodies dancin to a slow song nigga
I got closer decided I should check it
I saw Jasmine and one of them kids dancin buck naked
So I got the gat so I have no interference
When I make my grand appearance
For Jasmine

(Chorus)


(Verse Three)

I seen a red dot tryna lock on me
I can't believe these niggas tryna pull a pac on me
I admit they had the drop on me
Probably turned the burner around 20 degrees
So I could see
Who bust me
Who knocked me out
Who tried to choak
Who tied the rope
Who left me this bitch ass note
I'm disgusted the murder she wrote
Money she oaked all of my coke all of dope
Up in smoke
Made you follow me probably so mad you wanna hollow me
But you won't be so lucky today so swallow me
Got your GS4 and your Bently rose took all of your clothes
And 99 bottles of Mo's
What she didn't know is about the dynamite in the rose
And if I get close I'll blow her cause I got the controls
At the toll on the phone wit this bitch Nicole
Said she left you in some hotel out in the road
Room 112 penthouse sweet alumni
On the 12th floor in front of her door was one guy
On some Brandon Lee shit he wasn't handin me shit
Understand me he flipped bust the 9 and he split
Had my heat cocked busted right through the sheet rock
How'd he drop he ain't the nigga I just shot
Whas goin on all of a sudden it was nothin no jokin son
Jasmine holdin the smokin gun
By the time I realized I caught two in the chest had the vest
As I fell I'm not thinkin of death
Still fallin to a place wit more conscience though
Long enough to see her aim and put one in her throat
So I got up all shot up grabbed the Prada
Faggots probably towed my truck
You know how my luck
Hoped in bleedin to death turned left
Thought of Jasmine and how she went out to the death
For Jasmine

(Chorus)

(Mase)
Let's get it on

(Carl Thomas)
1 - You made me
You made me
You made me the way I am today
You're the reason why
I live how I live
'cause you made me the way I am

(Huddy Comb)
First of all, I was the worst of all
The first born, took my first breath, it was on
And thanks to my moms, and some help from Nickie Bonds
I was raised in ways of a Don, they gas me like Exxon
Had me dealin' with ex cons, frontin' with they Rolex on
Get sexed on a regular basis, grown women puttin' they faces
In all the wrong places, molesting me, now you see why my destiny
Was f**ked up 'cause my recipe
But I blame my mother 'cause I can't blame no other
And that's how my game was discovered
My mom was a sucker, did that bullshit to my brother
But no matter what, I'mma love her
She gave me life, even though she got high undercover
If she die, I can't find me another
But look what you made me

Repeat 1

(Meeno)
Yeah, you made me this way, since the day I was born
When you slid on that crack shit, mom be strong
'Fore long, I realized the same old song
Another cat that done bounced on his kid and his spouse
At the beginning, I knew my pops just had to be kidding
He's coming back any day, he wouldn't leave us that way
But anyway, the time got longer, my anger got stronger
It's no time to wonder the money I hunger
Without a blunder, I vowed to be all I could be
Started running guns O.T., me and my code D.
Leave from the backstreets of A-T-L to N-Y-C
When the gunspot got hot, I switched to the D
When the D spot got hot, I went low key
Now that Harlem World spot hot, and I'm on TV
I don't need no fake calls from yo' ass at all
Just leave me the way you left me and watch me ball

Repeat 1

(Nas)
What, what, uh
You the reason
And I thank you, what
Check it out

Yo, yo, stormy night, September '73
Would you believe what my mom recieved from heaven was me?
Second from me, my younger brother desperate as me
We see the world alike, type of girls he likes, the girls I like
The shit that make him mad, it make me hype, bug like that
Share the same blood like that, grew up around thugs poppin' and shit
Cardboard boxes of shit, dirt bikes
But now we hoppin' whips and merc, right?
Money's my birthright, my righteous birth so I floss
It's up to you to look inside yourself, see what's yours
Consecutive times, New Year's Eve, light off nines in the skylines
Imaginary graves, poor the Henney on it
Share with my dogs who's here, 'cause there's so many gone
Yeah, Meeno, Ill Will, all my people
Big Stretch, we'll never forget, Allah keeps you
Until we meet again, through my pen y'all can speak through, uh

Repeat 1